Word: superstars
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...these countries have soccer leagues full of superstar players that continually compete against each other, while the U.S. has Major League Soccer...
There is also the fact that players on World Cup teams have to be citizens of their country, so the option of using money to lure superstar players is eliminated, while any player who changes his citizenship to play for another country would most probably find his health in serious jeopardy...
...Central League's most valuable player in 2000) Hideki Matsui to turn down an eight-year offer reportedly worth $50 million. Had Matsui signed, it would have been the most lucrative deal in the history of Japanese baseball. His refusal shocked team officials and fueled speculation that the superstar outfielder, who becomes eligible for free agency at the end of next season, might be contemplating his own move abroad. If the leading member of Japan's royal house of baseball deserts, the last taboo will have been broken. And when that happens, either meaningful change will have to be made...
...whom the leading lady finds instantly attractive but must ultimately renounce (unless she was played by Tsuru Aoki, another Japan-born Hollywood star who was, for 47 years, Hayakawa's wife). In a society as officially white as America in the 1910s, Hayakawa was a pioneer: the first Japanese superstar of Hollywood films. So far, alas, he is also the last...
After taking the first match of the weekend, the Crimson beat Big Red superstar freshman Lisa Caruso to earn the clinching victory...